PREP BASEBALL: RB coach Blalock says he has been fired

Sam Blalock, the longtime baseball coach at Rancho Bernardo
High, confirmed Wednesday night that he has been fired.

"I was called into Principal Paul Robinson's office and was
asked to resign," Blalock said. "If I didn't resign, I was told
he'd have to fire me.

"I didn't resign.

"There wasn't much I could say back. I'm stunned. I don't know
what I did wrong."

Attempts to reach Robinson late Wednesday were unsuccessful.

Rancho Bernardo athletic director Peggy Brose said she could
neither "confirm nor deny" that Blalock had been fired.

Blalock had been a teacher and coach in the Poway Unified School
District for 40 years, starting at Mt. Carmel High, then moving to
Rancho Bernardo when the school opened 19 years ago. He retired
from his teaching job last year.

He has won 10 CIF San Diego Section baseball titles – four at
Mt. Carmel and six at Rancho Bernardo – including the last two
years at RB.